A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…

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London Underground

Eastcote tube station’s information boards have been switched on – ten years after they were first installed. GetWestLondon

Man ‘relieves himself all over the seat’ in the corner of a Central line Tube carriage Evening Standard

A GP who attacked two London Underground workers screamed ‘I’m a doctor’ during a hysterical tirade when she couldn’t get through the ticket gate. Court News

Mixed reaction to EE making mobile calls on London Underground easier Cable

A new generation of bigger and brighter digital screens is being showcased on London’s underground network as spending grows on digital ads that target commuters. Campaign

Crossrail

A new performance space within Canary Wharf’s new Crossrail station will launch with a free arts festival next month. Wharf

Mainline/Overground

Driver is ‘shaken’ after lorry bridge crash nearly took out train in Dulwich Southwark News <– the bridge had only just been replaced IanVisits

Shadow Infrastructure Minister Lord Adonis has thrown his weight behind a campaign to bring the Thameslink line under the direct control of Transport for London. Local Times

TfL seeks bids to operate London Overground trains from 2016 Mayor Watch

The first new Thameslink trains, including the service between Bedford and Brighton are on track to begin transporting passengers from Spring 2016. Bedfordshire News

Miscellaneous

How Liverpool’s rail system could look – if it was run like the London Underground. Liverpool Echo

Tube fans to visit 270 London Underground stations in 24 hours for Northants charity NorthantsHeraldPost

…and finally, Train company that owns real-life Hogwarts Express suspended from railways over safety concerns Telegraph

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The image above is from October 2011: Fancy testing part of a future Crossrail Station?

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2 comments
  1. LadyBracknell says:
    17 April 2015 at 3:16 pm

    The station staff at Leicester Square were less than helpful. They failed to empathise with a lone woman running for the last train. This reminds me of the girl who was turned off the bus for the want of 20p and was then raped on her way home. Transport workers need to remember that the potential lost revenue is not coming out of their pocket.

  2. LadyBracknell says:
    17 April 2015 at 3:21 pm

    The tube is just about the last refuge from other people’s inane mobile phone chatter. Look forward to ‘I’m on the tube, the tube, THE TUBE’.

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